https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:01:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 38014872 https://www.boardgamequest.com/dragonlance-warriors-of-krynn-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/dragonlance-warriors-of-krynn-review/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:31:12 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=53761 My introduction to Dragonlance was when I was between fourth and fifth grade and picked up Dragons of Autumn Twilight in a bookstore to take on a family vacation based on Larry Elmore’s incredible cover art and the brief blurb on the back that sounded like the start of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign (spoiler: […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/dragonlance-warriors-of-krynn-review/feed/ 0 53761 https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-wars-rivals-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-wars-rivals-review/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:54:13 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=53729 I’ll apologize now—Star Wars has entered our collective consciousness, so it’s hard to write without throwing in a Star Wars reference or two here and there. There are a lot of Star Wars games; some good, some bad, a bit of both. For every excellent game there’s one that screams “danger Will Robinson!” So, let’s […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-wars-rivals-review/feed/ 0 53729 https://www.boardgamequest.com/roll-player-adventures-nefrass-judgement-expansion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/roll-player-adventures-nefrass-judgement-expansion-review/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:04:33 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52723 My game of the year for 2021 was Roll Player Adventures and I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to preview the upcoming Gulpax’s Secret expansion. While Gulpax’s Secret will be new, Roll Player Adventures Nefras’s Judgement expansion augments the original base game with additional material. Is this content worth searching out while you […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/roll-player-adventures-nefrass-judgement-expansion-review/feed/ 0 52723 https://www.boardgamequest.com/wild-kratts-endangered-wildlife-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/wild-kratts-endangered-wildlife-review/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 12:51:43 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=49843 Until recently, IP-based games usually would have most gamers running for the doors, and rightfully so as many were atrocious. About a year ago I was looking for board games for my son with a Wild Kratts theme. Wild Kratts is a show about two brothers and their friends going on adventures that teaches children […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/wild-kratts-endangered-wildlife-review/feed/ 0 49843 https://www.boardgamequest.com/adventure-tactics-domiannes-tower-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/adventure-tactics-domiannes-tower-review/#respond Wed, 10 May 2023 13:14:31 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=50924 The new hotness, as I type this and look at my shelves, is Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood. A huge box (or three) that contains a choose-your-own adventure story punctuated with a boss battle. There’s a reprint campaign for it as I type this and from my first two plays it’s a great game. But wait, […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/adventure-tactics-domiannes-tower-review/feed/ 0 50924 https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-crowdfunding-games-that-just-missed-the-mark/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-crowdfunding-games-that-just-missed-the-mark/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:01:21 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52717 There have been some amazing crowdfunding games along with some not-very-good ones. There are very few games that are perfect and even the best might have one small thing that held them back in some small way. In some cases, it could be the difference between good and great. And in some, maybe it’s the […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-crowdfunding-games-that-just-missed-the-mark/feed/ 2 52717 https://www.boardgamequest.com/dungeons-and-dragons-onslaught-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/dungeons-and-dragons-onslaught-review/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:55:46 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52964 I started playing the Moldvay-era basic Dungeons and Dragons red and blue box and have played D&D off and on through the release of 5th edition as well as many of the gold box and other video games. My love of fantasy dungeon crawlers can be traced back to D&D. I’m also a fan of […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/dungeons-and-dragons-onslaught-review/feed/ 0 52964 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gloomhaven-jaws-of-the-lion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gloomhaven-jaws-of-the-lion-review/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:54:35 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52721 Gloomhaven is many things to the board game community. It was, until I started writing this review, the number one game on Board Game Geek (you’re welcome Brass!). It’s a thematic dungeon crawler that has broad appeal to both Euro and ameritrash gamers. It’s a legacy game where you retire characters and unlock new ones […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gloomhaven-jaws-of-the-lion-review/feed/ 0 52721 https://www.boardgamequest.com/disney-sorcerers-arena-chills-and-thrills-expansion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/disney-sorcerers-arena-chills-and-thrills-expansion-review/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:19:52 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51838 One of my only complaints about Disney’s Sorcerer’s Arena was that after a handful of battles, it becomes slightly repetitive due to the limited characters in the core box. A good portion of this is dependent on players’ preferences as some people will want to try every combination while others will latch onto some favorites […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/disney-sorcerers-arena-chills-and-thrills-expansion-review/feed/ 0 51838 https://www.boardgamequest.com/v-sabotage-ghost-expansion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/v-sabotage-ghost-expansion-review/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:54:41 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=50790 One of my favorite games from 2021 was Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood of Venice: the stealthy game of assassins going full John McClane as things inevitably go off the rails. It was a reskin of V-Commandos, which has since been renamed V-Sabotage (cue the Beastie Boys song) with one of the biggest differences between the two […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/v-sabotage-ghost-expansion-review/feed/ 4 50790